This months linked article's:
IMPROVE FEED EFFICIENCY AND MILK MARGINS...
NANTWICH SHOW
26TH JULY 2006, DORFOLD HALL, NANTWICH
Please be sure to come and see us at Nantwich Show (Stand No 88) and enter our competition to win a free weekend for 2 at Carden Park Hotel, Cheshire.
Remember to bring your enclosed invite with you to claim your free beef roll.
GOLDSTAR 98
Following on from last months newsletter looking at C16 products, look out for an article on our exclusive C16 product GOLDSTAR 98 in the July edition of 'The Farmer'.
Free copies of the article will be available from our stand at Nantwich Show.
FORAGE
GP Feeds are totally aware that forages are the key to successful, profitable production. However, through much of this past winter many apparently good silages did not feed to their 'theoretical' value, and many farmers / advisors have been asking the question - why?
One area that we have questioned is the accuracy of most modern analytical methods, and as a consequence have been doing our own homework! By chance perhaps, we have come across an analytical company 'Bioparametrics Ltd' which in our opinion has developed analysis techniques which are likely to leave the rest of the field 'trailing behind', and which actually determine what the ruminant 'thinks' of the feed, and not what a piece of paper suggests she might!
Watch this space for developments in the weeks and months to come, as we believe it will be in your interests to do so as the pressure of milk price, fuel cost etc, impact on the industry.
For more in depth information please come and see a representative
of 'Bioparametrics' on our stand at Nantwich Show.
IMPROVE FEED EFFICIENCY AND MILK MARGINS
Many dairy producers will look at lowering feed costs to improve financial performance, but few actually look at measuring and improving feed conversion efficiency (FCE) as a way to increase profitability. More>>
COUNTING THE COST OF BUYING CHEAP
To get the best from your animals GP Feeds believe that:
- They should be fed quality ingredients
- A fixed formulation
- A balanced nutritious diet
- The correct level of vitamins and minerals
- Palatable feed
- No fillers
When fed correctly, your animals will be more profitable to your business and increase your turnover. GP Feeds believe that this is the only way to feed animals.
Too many feed companies are supplying poor diets, lacking in the essential vitamins and minerals to sustain healthy animals. Feeds are often full of fillers that will fill an animal up, but don't provide the nutrition that is vital for health, fertility and growth.
This feed may be cheap to buy and make your accounts look good in the short term, but in the long term this will be detrimental to your business and you will be seeing more of your vet, less on your milk cheque and an increase in your cull figures. As the old saying goes: ' Buy cheap, buy twice'.
There is another way and although you may be spending slightly more money on your GP Feed, the bigger picture will show an increase in profits due to the improved health of your animals.
Why not ring GP Feeds and we will be very pleased to discuss our approach to feeding your animals with you. Please ring the office on 01948 661602 or alternatively come and speak to us at Nantwich Show.